OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Remembrance Service Football Disaster

DATE1992

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.610

HISTORY

On 21st May 1892, fifteen members of the Mornington Football Team were drowned whilst on their way home from a match at Mordialloc, there were no survivors and only four bodies were recovered: Allchin Charles.E., Caldwell James R, William L., Hugh, Coles William H., Comber John, Firth James, Grover William E., Grover William, Hooper Charles, Hooper Charles F., Kenna John, Lawrence Alfred H., Milne George C.M., Williams Charles

DESCRIPTION

The image is of Neil Taylor from the Mornington Hist. Soc. reading the Remembrance Service at the Memorial, also included in the picture are Stephen Noonan, Rev?, Mrs G. Jordan, Mrs M. McLean, Sgt?, Miss S. Wade

SUBJECTS

Centenaries, Drownings, Footballers, Memorials

KEYWORDS

Centenaries, Drownings, Football Disaster Memorial, Footballers, Memorials, Miss S. Wade, Mrs G. Jordan, Mrs M. McLean, Stephen Noonan